Magazine binder



W. 1. BRUCE.-

MAGAZINE BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 1921.

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MHTTbB/V Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

WILLIAIE J. BRUCE, 0F ESGANABA, MICHIGAN.

MAGAZINE BINDER.

Application filed. March 26, 1921.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, lVILLIAM J. BRUCE, asubject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Escanaba, in thecounty of Delta and State of Michigan, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Magazine Binders, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has reference to magazine binders, and is more speciallydesigned for use in public libraries and similar places. In the use ofcurrent magazines in these places it is customary to secure the samebetween a pair of board covers, by means of cords or other fasteningmeans. When thus held in place the magazine can be easily removed fromits cover, and it frequently happens that copies are surreptitiouslyremoved and carried away.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient meansfor holding the magazine in place in its cover, and which will beself-locking, so that the removal of the book will be difficult ofaccomplishment without the same being readily apparent to others in thevicinity thereof. Without an understanding of the method of operation ofthe device it would be impossible to release the same.

In the accompanying drawings: a

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a magazine cover with my inventionapplied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the invention, de tached, in locked position.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the device, in unlocked position. i

1 represents a cover. in open position, ready to receive a magazine ofthe usual type, to the center of which is secured a flex ible strip 2,provided at one end with a pair of ears 3, united by a pin 4:, and atthe other end by a pair of ears 5, united by a pin 6. Pivoted at one ofits ends on the pin 4: is a rigid bar 7, fitted at its free end with ahead 8, having a bayonet slot 9 for engagement with the pin 6.

When the parts are in a normal position the pin 6 is located in theinner end of the slot 9, as shown in Fig. 2, locking the bar 7 and plate2 from separation. In order to Serial No. 455,961.

release the bar the plate 2 is pressed downwardly at a central point,operating to bring the pins 4 and 6 closer together, as shown in Fig. 3,and permitting a detachment of the head 8 from the ears 5. To place amagazine in position in the holder the bar 7 is unlocked and tippedupwardly, permitting the magazine to be placed in position on theholder. The magazine is then opened at about the middle point thereof,and the bar returned to its former position, dividing the two parts ofthe magazine. The end is again locked in place, preventing the removalof the magazine. It the inner edge of the bar is sufiiciently close tothe plate 2, the removal or" the magazine, by slipping it beneath. thebar, is extremely difficult, but as a further preventive of theextraction of the book in this way the inner edge of the bar is providedwith an extension 10, which projects inwardly between the pages at theirbinding, and holds the book from movement in either direction.

To remove the magazine, one of the thumbs of the operator is placedthereon at a point above the plate 2, at a point between the extension10 and pin 6, and the bar 7 grasped by the other hand of the operator.Pressure is then exerted downwardly by the thumb, permitting the head 8and pin 6 to be disconnected. To again 1001: the parts the sameoperation is gone through, except that the bar 7 is lowered intoposition, instead of being raised.

It will be obvious that to a person not "familiar with the secret of theoperation, the removal of the magazine would be impossible, and one whodid understand it, and undertook to extract the book, would have to doso in such amanner as to naturally attract attention. It is seldom thatthe entire binder is stolen, for the reason that it will not readilyenter ones pocket, but by folding the magazine, after being separatedfrom the holder, it can easily be secreted.

The device can be produced at a minimum of cost, as the part 2 with theears 3 and 5 on the ends thereof, and the bar 7, can be formed fromsheet metal of suitable strengjth.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A. device of the class described, comprising a flexible plate adaptedfor attachment 5 to the binder of a magazine, a rigid bar hingedlyconnected with said plate; and interlocking means on the free ends ofsaid plate and bar, adapted to co-operate to hold said plate and bar inspaced apart relation, and capable of being released upon said 10 platebeing sprung away from said bar at a point midway their ends.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

WILLIAM J. BRU

